Atishi questions heavy security deployment outside Kejriwal's house

AAP Minister Atishi on Thursday alleged that the manner in which the Enforcement Directorate officials reached Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwals residence with four buses full of police personnel and two buses full of RAF personnel to conduct searches and question AAP chief shows conspiracy to arrest AAP chief Kejriwal had skipped the central probe agencys summons nine times After a team of the Enforcement Directorate reached Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwals official residence on Thursday late in the evening for questioning AAP Minister Atishi has alleged conspiracy to arrest the partys national convener Speaking to the reporters here Atishi claimed that the leaders of the party were not allowed to enter Kejriwals residenceArvind Kejriwal is not a person he is an idea We cannot go inside because heavy security is deployed We will wait here If a popular CM is arrested this way his supporters from all over Delhi will come here she said If this is a search operation why have they brought four buses full of police personnel Atishi also questioned the deployment of heavy security forces if the central agency landed there only for interrogationThe HC issued a notice today to the ED as to why are the summons not being quashed and why interim relief shall not be provided to Arvind Kejriwal Without waiting for the decision of the court ED has arrived to arrest Arvind Kejriwal If this is a search operation why have they brought four buses full of police personnel What was the need to bring two buses full of RAF personnel What was the need to barricade the whole areaThis is a conspiracy to arrest Arvind Kejriwal the AAP minister saidHours after the Delhi High Court declined to grant Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal interim protection from coercive action by the Enforcement Directorate a 12member ED team landed at his home on Thursday evening This comes on a day he had been summoned by the EDfor the ninth timein the Delhi excise policy case Kejriwal has so far skipped all summons and approached the courts against themArvind Kejriwal will continue as the Delhi Chief Minister and discharge his duties from jail the Aam Aadmi Party said today minutes after he was arrested in connection with the Delhi liquor policy case Arvind Kejriwal is and will remain the Chief Minister of Delhi there are no two ways about it said AAPs Atishi The Delhi High Court on Thursday had refused interim protection from coercive action to Kejriwal and said at this stage the court is not inclined to grant interim reliefThe court was hearing a plea by Kejriwal seeking protection from coercive action against him in connection with the excise policy case In a tweet Punjab Chief Minister AAPs Bhagwant Mann wrote The BJPs political team ED cannot arrest Kejriwals ideology because only AAP can stop the BJP Ideology can never be suppressedWhile Kejriwal was not named in the FIRs registered by the ED or the Central Bureau of Investigation in the Delhi excise policy case his name first found a mention in the EDs chargesheet wherein the agency claimed that he allegedly spoke to one of the main accused Sameer Mahendru in a video call and asked him to continue working with coaccused and AAP communicationsincharge Vijay Nair Nair was among the first people to be arrested by CBI in the case in 2022 Subsequently former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh were arrested in connection with the caseThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever